8 - The Shackles of Pandemonium

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    Saito, go that way!
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    Don’t tell me there’s another fury!
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    Wait, damn it!
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    Ibuki!
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    Are you unharmed?
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    Y-yeah...
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    You want to put a fury’s
    head on display in Osaka?
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    Yeah. It’s that chief’s orders.
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    To top it off,
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    he was another ronin claiming to
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    be part of the Roshigumi and
    coercing money out of people.
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    Is putting his head on display
    meant to be a warning?
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    I opposed the idea since
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    the masses will feel even more
    hostile toward us if we do,
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    but he said a bad name
    beats none at all.
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    Very well.
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    I shall leave for Osaka with
    the inspectors immediately.
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    Sorry about this!
[03:02] ---
    I always dump the nasty work on you.
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    Not at all. Do not dwell upon it.
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    I fully understand what my job is.
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    Pardon me!
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    Is anyone in?
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    Who’s that?
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    He here to challenge
    our school of kendo?
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    I still haven’t asked
    for your name yet, have I?
[03:39] ---
    I guess I might as well ask
    while you can still talk.
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    Hajime Saito.
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    Saito-kun, huh?
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    I’m Souji Okita. Nice to meet you.
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    Shinpachi-san!
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    Could you be our ref?
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    Sure, you got it.
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    Hey, you gonna be okay?
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    Souji is our dojo’s star student.
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    There is no need for concern.
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    Begin!
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    One hit in!
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    H-hey, can’t you hear me?
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    You’re stronger than I expected.
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    No one’s been able to
    dodge my thrust before.
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    You are the first person I failed to
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    defeat in my first move.
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    What is it, Toshi?
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    What the hell are you doing?!
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    Shinpachi! Heisuke! Hold Souji back.
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    Harada, you handle that other guy!
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    My, you were quite impressive!
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    I fight using a left-handed stance.
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    Does that not bother you?
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    Huh? Oh!
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    Whether you use a right-handed stance
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    or a left-handed stance,
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    it doesn’t change the
    fact that you’re strong.
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    That was the day...
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    ...I met people who
    acknowledged my strength
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    for the very first time.
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    I will protect the place
    where we can be together.
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    The Shackles of Pandemonium
SIGN    Three Days Later
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    Hajime-kun!
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    It’s just about time for our patrol.
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    Right.
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    That is all for now!
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    Seriously!
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    You’re right!
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    It’s the Wolves of Mibu!
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    I hear they put a ronin’s
    head on display.
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    In Osaka?
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    They frighten me!
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    Damn, every time I go on patrol
     people keep callin’ us
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    “Wolves of Mibu!”
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    It’s such a pain!
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    What’s this?
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    Shinpachi-san, you’re
    fragile enough to let
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    something like that get to you?
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    Not me.
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    Heisuke’s actin’ all depressed.
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    I can’t stand this annoying mess.
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    It looks like it’s getting
    to our younger members as well.
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    Oh, jeez.
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    What a bunch of wimps.
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    The locals are so scared of
    us that they open up a path.
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    It’s easier to get around,
    so what’s the big deal?
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    Right, Hajime-kun?
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    Excuse me!
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    Is Niimi-san in?
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    Oh, I’m afraid Niimi-san’s
    out right now.
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    Is that right?
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    Sannan-san is also away,
    which is why I came here.
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    I had hoped to hear the story
    from them in more detail...
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    Come to think of it,
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    didn’t you see the
    ronin who turned into a fury?
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    Huh? Well, yeah...
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    How did he look?
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    What do you mean?
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    If anything stood out to you,
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    could you tell me about it?
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    Anything that stood out...?
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    Kodo-san,
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    Colonel Sannan is back.
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    Is that right?
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    Pardon me.
[08:08] ---
    Don’t divulge unnecessary
    information to outsiders.
[08:11] ---
    Huh?
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    Put some thought into you position!
[08:17] ---
    What’s he mean about
    my “position”?
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    Okay! That’s it for today!
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    Thank you very much!
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    Ibuki!
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    I don’t know what you
    plan to do in the future,
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    but I will instruct you.
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    Why don’t you learn swordplay
    with our other members?
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    Nah, I’m fine...
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    Once you leave the Roshigumi,
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    will you be able to protect yourself?
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    You will not be fortunate
    enough to get taken in
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    by someone like Serizawa-san
    a second time.
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    “Fortunate”?
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    I am going to ask you a question.
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    Do you want to live?
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    I have a hard time calling
    that “good luck.”
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    Now he orders me around like nuts.
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    Start coming here as of tomorrow.
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    No, wait!
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    C’mon, Saito!
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    What’s gotten into him?
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    But, true enough,
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    what am I supposed to do after this?
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    I’m going. I’m not going.
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    I’m going! I’m not going!
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    Tardiness is strictly prohibited.
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    But I never said I was going!
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    Since you have decided
    to begin training,
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    you must first learn the basics.
[10:02] ---
    Not that I decided to do this...
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    Fine!
[10:08] ---
    Huh?
[10:10] ---
    Bring your right leg forward.
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    Shift your left leg back.
[10:13] ---
    Huh?
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    Have the sword pointed directly over
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    your opponent’s head like so.
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    This is the basic stance.
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    Okay!
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    When holding your katana’s hilt,
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    put strength in your grasp
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    starting with the pinkie
    fingers and going up.
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    Okay!
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    Not like that.
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    Like this?
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    Don’t hold it from the side.
[10:34] ---
    Huh?
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    When you strike at someone,
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    you would have to control
    it with just your thumbs.
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    Okay, got it.
[10:44] ---
    There’s no need to teach
    Ryunosuke swordsmanship.
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    Why not?
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    He’s finally decided to learn it.
[10:53] ---
    That’s right!
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    If Ryunosuke’s trying
    to change, why not let him?
[11:02] ---
    Uh-huh...
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    Dang it, Saito!
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    There’s no way I can start
    out swinging it a thousand times!
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    We need him to pay for the tailor fees!
[11:20] ---
    Yeah, but the master is currently out...
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    Hishiya gave me
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    strict orders not to return to our store
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    until I receive the money.
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    I am terribly sorry.
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    I will be certain to tell the master,
    so please
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    pull back for today.
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    Is that right?
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    Very well.
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    In that case, I will try again tomorrow.
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    Hirama-san,
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    what did that lady need
    with Serizawa-san?
[12:03] ---
    Well, apparently the master
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    still hasn’t paid for
    the uniforms he had
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    made for the Roshigumi.
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    Eh?! He sure pulls some crazy stunts!
[12:18] ---
    Cur, where were you wandering about?
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    Start rubbing my shoulders already.
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    I-I’m on it!
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    Pretending you’re away is cowardly!
[12:33] ---
    The dog dares to bark at his master?
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    You’re a hundred years
    too young for that!
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    That HURT!
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    Hey, Ryunosuke! Saito
    was looking for you.
[12:51] ---
    Oh, that time already?
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    What’s wrong? Why the long face?
[12:57] ---
    Haven’t you been working hard at
    practice every day?
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    That’s great!
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    Thanks to that, my hands are a wreck.
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    But I still have to attend
    today’s practice.
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    And I’ll have a pile of work waiting
    for me when I get back.
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    I guess you don’t
    leave me much choice.
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    Come with me.
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    Saito!
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    I promised Ryunosuke I’d take
    him on patrol with me today.
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    Sorry, but could you
    give him the day off?
[13:30] ---
    I see. Very well.
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    Did I promise to go with you?
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    If I didn’t say that,
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    there’s no way someone as serious
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    as Saito’d let ya off the hook.
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    So you said that for me?
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    Just for today.
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    Yeah.
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    Even so, we risk our lives
    when we’re on patrol.
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    A lot of people have
    hard feelings against
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    the Roshigumi these days.
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    Don’t let your mind wander.
[14:04] ---
    G-got it!
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    What a dangerous lot!
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    Accursed Wolves of Mibu!
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    Your reputation’s always sucked,
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    but it looks like they
    hate you even more now!
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    Harada-san!
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    What is it, Sasaki?
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    There was a ronin that
    ran off when he saw us.
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    Really?
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    Well, that’s cute if just seeing
    us was enough
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    to scare him off.
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    Don’t let your guard down!
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    Sir!
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    Seriously!
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    Oh, Sasaki. Not gonna say anything?
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    Go talk to her!
[14:55] ---
    Knock it off! We’re on duty.
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    Why the smile?
[15:14] ---
    Huh?
[15:15] ---
    Were you thinking about
    that maiko from before?
[15:19] ---
    N-no,
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    I wasn’t... not thinking of her.
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    It’s just, she kinda resembled her.
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    Have you seen her since then?
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    Of course not!
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    What is it?
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    What do you want to do?
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    I-I couldn’t really say...
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    Well, give it some good thought!
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    That hurt!
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    Hey, Sano! I’ve been waitin’ for ya!
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    Let’s go drink some good saké!
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    It’s on me!
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    I’ll pass.
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    Why?!
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    Goin’ by that smile,
    you’re hidin’ something.
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    No good, huh?
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    Later, Ryunosuke!
[16:04] ---
    Yeah.
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    Ryunosuke!
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    You’ll go, won’t you?
[16:09] ---
    Don’t you like to eat
    good food sometimes?
[16:11] ---
    Huh?
[16:13] ---
    But I’m cool with eating
    our typical dinner!
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    C’mon! Don’t hold back none!
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    Serizawa-san, I’m bringing
    Ryunosuke along with us!
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    Now we’ll have a real blast tonight!
[16:24] ---
    What?!
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    You brought Ibuki-kun?
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    Serizawa-sensei, are you okay with this?
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    Do as you like.
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    Then let’s get going.
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    Yup!
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    H-hey!
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    What was that about this being a blast?
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    Please! Come join us at Shimabara!
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    What?! I’ll sit this one out.
[16:46] ---
    Don’t say that. C’mon, man!
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    Please, Ryunosuke-chan!
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    Cut the “chan” bit!
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    I’m begging you!
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    Keep a close eye on that wretched mutt
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    until I finish my discussion in here
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    so he doesn’t do anything
    embarrassing, Nagakura-kun.
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    I know, I know!
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    Well, take your time.
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    At least we don’t have to
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    deal with Serizawa-san
    for the time being.
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    If you didn’t want to hang out with him,
    why not turn his invitation down?
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    Yeah, I could.
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    Is it because he’s a big shot?
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    Nope, that’s not it.
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    The fact that Serizawa-san and I are from
    the same school is part of it,
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    but that isn’t the whole of it.
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    I guess I just can’t bring
    myself to hate the guy.
[17:52] ---
    What?
[17:53] ---
    Sure, he does some pretty
    outlandish stuff.
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    But if it weren’t for him,
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    Aizu never woulda become our sponsor.
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    It’s a hard fact that the Roshigumi never
    woulda gotten up and running
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    without him because of funding issues.
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    He may look like he’s filled
    with nothing but flaws,
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    but Serizawa-san is doing
    what needs to be done.
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    That’s what I think.
[18:19] ---
    So that’s how you view that guy?
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    Thanks to him saving your life,
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    you got to meet all of us!
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    Ain’t that great?
[18:32] ---
    I wonder...
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    Come to think of it,
[18:35] ---
    Saito said something
    along those same lines.
[18:38] ---
    Yeah? But Saito’s no different.
[18:42] ---
    He’s inept, but he’s a good guy.
[18:46] ---
    Good luck with your training!
[18:49] ---
    Yeah!
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    But dang, Saito’s strict!
[19:13] ---
    He sure is.
[19:16] ---
    We’ve finally come
    face-to-face, Serizawa-sama.
[19:21] ---
    What do you want?
[19:23] ---
    You know why I’m here, don’t you?
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    It would be most distressing for Hishiya
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    if you don’t pay our tailor fees.
[19:32] ---
    Sounds rough.
[19:44] ---
    But I cannot give what I do not possess.
[19:47] ---
    Surely you jest!
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    I have been given strict instructions
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    not to go back empty-handed.
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    My answer will be the same no matter
    how many times you come back.
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    Tell that to Hishiya.
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    I have formed my own resolve
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    if that is how you feel!
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    Resolve, eh?
[20:13] ---
    Very well.
[20:15] ---
    Show it to me.
[20:34] ---
    The Wolves of Mibu are in another fight!
[20:46] ---
    What happened, Toshi?!
[20:48] ---
    Sannan-kun?!
[20:49] ---
    Sorry.
[20:50] ---
    We ran into some thugs using
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    the Roshigumi name to
    forcibly “borrow” money.
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    It turned into a swordfight,
    but they got away.
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    Hijikata-san, Sannan-san,
    it’s unusual for you
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    to let someone get away.
[21:05] ---
    They had a large group
    of friends hiding nearby.
[21:10] ---
    I am terribly sorry, Chief.
[21:12] ---
    No, it couldn’t be helped.
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    So there are some guys using
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    our name to steal money, huh?
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    And here they were calling
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    themselves Imperial Loyalists
    until just recently.
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    That simply goes to show how far
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    the Roshigumi’s poor
    reputation has spread.
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    Think putting that head on display
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    had the opposite affect we wanted?
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    That man has been out of
    hand lately, hasn’t he?
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    If the Roshigumi’s reputation is bad,
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    it could injure the Aizu
    Domain’s good name.
[21:48] ---
    We cannot allow things to
    continue on as they have.
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    I can’t stand your half-assed stance.
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    To-to hell with that...!
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    It is ludicrous for a lowly
    cur living in peace to
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    speak of pride and resolve!
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    The Light of a Flashing Sword
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